Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Middleham Jewel
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Anglian Cross
- Barley Hall
- Second World War York
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Ripon College for Women
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- York's Airfield
- The Norman House
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- A New University
- New Shopping Centres
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The Mansion House
- The Medieval Minster
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Inscription to Hecules